
"Welcome, please order here," said Alana from behind the cash register without looking at the buyer.
"I..."
The sound was able to make Alana almost drop a piece of coin back into the cash register. Alana looked up, making sure that her ears did not hear wrong.
As bewitched, Alana was silent, staring straight ahead, looking into the man's eyes.
"Al.." she repeated Alana's name with trembling lips.
"Ga-ra..."
"Can I talk to you for a second?" gara's voice begged, hoping Alana would talk. The longing the man felt, brought him unknowingly to Alana's bakery. He had been trying all this time to get away from the girl, coming at her occasionally just to see her from afar, without daring to get close. But today, Gara does want to meet Alana, whatever the risk.
Confused how to behave, so Alana just nodded. Because first walk, choose a comfortable place to talk.
"How are you, Al?" ask for pleasantries. Seeing Alana in front of him made his tongue moan, even though everything he wanted to say, which he had painstakingly strung together from the beginning had been memorized out of his head, but after meeting Alana, as if all were yawning, it was all yawning, lost without a trace.
"Okay, Ga. You're, you're healthy, right?"
"As you can see, Al. Until now I was alive, still breathing, but it was just my body, my heart was long dead" he said, finding his tongue.
The plot is predictable, because he wants to bring the meeting with a topic that he wants to avoid. Alana doesn't want to hurt Gara any more. What does Alana have to do with it?
There's nothing they need to talk about, it's over. No need to look back.
"Al, tell me how can you forget me? I'm tormented like this, Al. Stuck in a life I don't want" For pulling Alana's hand on the table, trying to hold the girl's hand tightly.
"What the hell, Ga. Don't be like that, I'm a man's wife" Alana pulls her hand from Gara's.
"I'm just asking for advice, Al. I'm ruined, Al. If I could choose to die, then that would be the best choice for me"
"I can't give you any advice. I don't want to interfere in other people's domestic affairs. However, if you really want to hear the opinion, then go home, do not come here again, Ga. Appreciate the woman you've been betrothed to" said Alana.
He remembered his meeting with Nadia back then. Same with her husband, Nadia at that time also asked for advice.
"I can't, Al. I even hate him. Every time I see him, I'll remember he's the reason I lost you"
"Omong empty, you didn't lose me. It was you who chose to leave my side. But take the positives, Ga. We are not fooled "
Silent mood. Both of them were silent, struggling with their own thoughts. "A moment, I'll get you a drink first" Alana moved towards the pantry.
Make no mistake, he did not want to hold Gara to stay longer, only Alana saw Gara's dry lips and also her pale face. Offering a glass of warm sweet tea may be appropriate. After all, outside the raindrops began to fall soaking the earth.
Maybe also nature wants to water the embers in the heart of Gara. "Diminum, Ga.." Alana bargained and sat back in her chair earlier.
"Are you happy? Is your current life enough to make you comfortable?" I don't know what Gara's words mean, which surely Alana firmly answered "Yes, I am happy with everything I have right now. My life feels complete"
The sound of the boy's loud laughter was running, attracting the attention of the two adults. "That, Arlan?" gara's raucous voice tried to sound strong. The boy came to Alana and asked her to sit on his lap.
"Yuk, go to the park" take Juli who brought Arlan earlier. "Ga ma-u.ga Mauoo.mau mama" chirped the boy as he hugged Alana's neck, as if he knew that the man who came to face Alana was the man who had been disturbing his parents' household.
"Arlan, here is the same, om" Because he reached out his hand, but Arlan did not want to accept, just ran inside again.
"Arlan's grown up now, Al"
"You're right. I hope you can see for yourself, how happy I am, having Arlan and also bang Arun."
"I know, you're a good girl, so I want to come back to you" he said, trying to throw the opportunity, with the aim of making Alana enchanted.
"Nadia's a good girl, Ga. Try to accept it"
"As long as it's not you, I can't accept it " said Gara firmly. As if no one could force him into it.
"In that case, you will continue to be in the circle of the past, which you know for yourself if it will not be of any use, all will not be able to return as before"
"Can, Al. You ask for your husband's divorce, and I'll divorce Nadia soon. We live together, don't you want to, Al?" Still trying to persuade. He will not stop trying until he is accepted.
"Don't be crazy, you're Ga! I love my husband and children, until whenever I will not want to part with my husband" said Alana fiercely. Stand up from his place, and want to leave the man immediately.
"Al, please, listen, I. I could die if I had to part with you"
"We've been separated all along, Ga and you're actually fine. Go home, let time bandage your wounds. While you hang on while you're hurt, open your heart to receive the heartfelt attention of Nadia"
There is no rebuttal. This is the last test in getting Alana's heart. He had promised to go far away, if the plan this time failed.
"You're right. I've calmed down, as long as I can make sure you're okay, you're happy with your life right now, then I'm calm. That's enough for me now"
Gara got up, looked at Alana fixedly once more. Alana who was stared at unusual so clumsy and misbehaved.
"I'm fine, take care of yourself, Al. Keep Arlan happy, Al, because you deserve it"
Because thrusting her hand, hesitating for a moment approaching, Alana finally shook Gara's hand. This is their farewell. This could be their last meeting. Later, after the day, if there is a reunion, they can greet each other with a smile, telling stories as an old friend. The position is also a sign that there is no love story Gara - Alana anymore.
The two sons of man, who meet, befriend and forge love, fate determines another course in their lives. All is arranged in Power. Believe me, God knows what is best for each person.
Until Gara left, Alana still continued to observe the back that slowly moved away. The wounded man, who lost his way home.
Alana only hopes that from now on, Gara will rearrange his life, back to being Gara who has a high spirit of life.
"How can I pray that you too may find your happiness.."